Ch 18 Cultural_Intellectual

Culture Of Nomadic Society

• The religion of the nomadic Turkish peoples was Shamanism.

• The Shamans were religious specialists who possessed supernatural powers, communiated with the

gods and nature spirits, and invoked divine aid on behalf of their communities.

• Sometimes, they adopted the religious and cultural traditions they encountered when trading with

the settled societies.

• The Turks living near the Abbasid empire converted to Islam. This conversion helped to expand the

"Dar al Islam" or house of Islam and Islamic world.

• Military skills were taught at a young age, so that influenced the development of the culture in

the Turkish societies and with the Mongols as well.

• During Mongol rule, missionaries sought converts in China.

• The Mongols were herders who raised their livestock wherever they went.

• Ghengis Khan's unified empire strengthened the already stong peoples.

• The Mongols were the dominate military power.

• The Mongol empire provided safe passage for diplomats, diplomatic immunity.

• The Ottoman empire came after the Saljuq Turks and was organized by and named after their leader Osman.

• The Ottomans came to dominate the region for about 600 years.

• The Mongol empire did not attempt to spread their religion among those they conquered.

~Kelsey Shoberg
& Daniela Peinado